Role: Delivery Lead

Level: 7 - Manager

Location: Dublin

About Accenture: 

Do you want to help leading organisations launch world class human-centric products & platforms that re-imagine experiences with digital, data, AI and technology at their core?  

  

Then come and join our Accenture Ireland Song Design & Digital Products team.  

   

Our team accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. We are a bold and generous team of creatives, designers, technologists, strategists and engineers working together to make possibilities a reality. We are purpose-built to help businesses serve the modern customer and their ever-evolving needs.  

   

As part of our team, you will help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate, and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.  

   

You will learn and grow within an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse and innovative ways of thinking that enables boundary-less opportunities that can drive your career in new & exciting ways. This is a fast-paced and client-centric focused environment. We have a constant focus on our people development and a collaborative and mutually encouraging culture.  

   

As part of our team, you will be working with cutting-edge design systems and digital platforms, and you will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. 

     

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! 

 

Role Overview:

As a Delivery Lead you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the successful delivery of complex front end Customer oriented Digital transformation projects. A key element of your role is to lead and manage end-to-end delivery activities, ensuring outcomes are aligned to business objectives, customer insights and deliver measurable value. Working closely with client stakeholders, you will build trusted relationships, provide delivery leadership and strategic guidance, and help shape solutions that address business challenges and support client goals. You will be responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, quality standards and operational requirements. 
 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of high-quality projects and programmes, delivering solutions for our clients. 
   

• Lead a multi-functional team, coordinating delivery activities across the project or programme lifecycle. 
   

• Provide functional and technical management to support design and implementation work. 
   

• Manage resource allocation, budgeting, forecasting and capacity planning for the project or programme 
   

• Tracking and managing project or programme financials, ensuring delivery remains aligned with agreed objectives and targets. 
   

• Integrated project and programme planning. 
   

• Management of delivery risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. 
   

• Provide comprehensive status reporting and communication to senior stakeholders. 
   

• Collaborate with programme and project management, business owners, development, test and change teams, and operations to ensure alignment on goals and objectives. 
   

• Become a trusted advisor to clients to ensure alignment between their expectations and our delivered solutions. 
   

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery efficiency, effectiveness, governance and quality. 
   

• Develop and enhance relationships with clients to identify opportunities where Accenture’s solutions can bring further innovation and value to meet their needs 
   

• Perform sales and solution support in delivery opportunities including solution planning, timeline, estimate and team structure. 
  

Required skillset:  

• Strong experience in delivery of complex front end Customer Digital projects or programmes. 

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. 

• Strong planning, organisation and governance capabilities. 

• Ability to communicate findings and status to a non-technical audience 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Proven track record leading delivery across hybrid and scaled agile models. 

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 

• 5+ years’ experience in delivery and leading front end Digital technology projects through the full delivery life cycle 

• Professional qualification in project management. (e.g. PMP, Prince2, etc) 

• Experience with waterfall and agile development methodologies 

• Proven ability to lead and manage people, within own reporting line and across wider teams, to achieve required outcomes 

• Ability to build lasting relationships with clients and colleagues 

• Previous experience working within the Utilities/Electricity sector would be beneficial 

 

What does Accenture, offer you? 

 

Working at Accenture means joining a company that prides itself on being Truly Human. In addition to a competitive base salary, you’ll also have an extensive benefits package that includes:  

• Pension contributions  

• Private health insurance  

• Employee share scheme  

• Discounted gym membership  

• Emergency caring facilities  

• 2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice  

• Professional membership  

• Community events 

 

Does this appeal to you? If so, we wish to hear from you 

 

Please also note that Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.  

 

Visit us at www.accenture.com. 

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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